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01-25-2018, 04:13 PM
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Maybe that's why people aren't running peoples heads in hockey. Because the biggest guy on the other team will literally knock your teeth out.
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01-26-2018, 08:25 AM
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#supplysideisrealevenliberalsagree
Insurance company Aflac says it will boost U.S. investments by $250 million and increase 401(k) benefits for employees, including a one-time contribution of $500 to every worker’s retirement savings account.
Associated Bank announced a $500 bonus for nearly all employees and an increase in its minimum wage from $10 per hour to $15 per hour, and PNC Bank is giving a $1,000 bonus to 47,500 workers and a $1,500 boost to workers’ existing pension accounts.
Southwest Airlines announced a $1,000 cash bonus for all employees, including part-timers, plus $5 million in charitable donations.
The home improvement company's 400,000 employees can expect a one-time bonus of up to $1,000 during the fourth quarter, which will conclude Jan. 31.
AT&T expanding its bonus program to an additional 200,000 staffers getting $1,000 apiece.
Comcast NBC Universal anted up $1,000 bonuses to more than 100,000 non-executive employees, announcing the move was not only tied, like all the others, to the tax cut but to the Federal Communications Commission’s elimination of government regulation of the Internet. Comcast NBC Universal Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brian L. Roberts added the company plans to spend more than $50 billion in the next five years on infrastructure investments that he expects will create “thousands of new direct and indirect jobs.”
#liberaljustice
The world's largest coffee chain is adding new perks for its employees in the wake of the U.S. tax cuts, announcing a wage increase and one-time bonus in the form of a stock grant, just as dozens of companies have done in recent weeks. Starbucks also announced Wednesday that it would add six weeks of paid parental leave for its hourly employees who become new dads, a benefit that had only previously been offered to new mothers and adoptive or foster parents. The company also said it would spend $120 million on giving workers a wage increase in April and $100 million on making a stock grant to workers. Starbucks will announce its quarterly earnings on Thursday.
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Insurance company Aflac says it will boost U.S. investments by $250 million and increase 401(k) benefits for employees, including a one-time contribution of $500 to every worker’s retirement savings account.
Associated Bank announced a $500 bonus for nearly all employees and an increase in its minimum wage from $10 per hour to $15 per hour, and PNC Bank is giving a $1,000 bonus to 47,500 workers and a $1,500 boost to workers’ existing pension accounts.
Southwest Airlines announced a $1,000 cash bonus for all employees, including part-timers, plus $5 million in charitable donations.
The home improvement company's 400,000 employees can expect a one-time bonus of up to $1,000 during the fourth quarter, which will conclude Jan. 31.
AT&T expanding its bonus program to an additional 200,000 staffers getting $1,000 apiece.
Comcast NBC Universal anted up $1,000 bonuses to more than 100,000 non-executive employees, announcing the move was not only tied, like all the others, to the tax cut but to the Federal Communications Commission’s elimination of government regulation of the Internet. Comcast NBC Universal Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brian L. Roberts added the company plans to spend more than $50 billion in the next five years on infrastructure investments that he expects will create “thousands of new direct and indirect jobs.”
- Walmart is increasing the minimum hourly wage for its U.S. employees to $11 and handing out bonuses of up to $1,000, crediting President Trump’s tax cut. Walmart is the nation’s largest private employer, with more than 1 million U.S. hourly employees.
- U.S. Bancorp, the parent company of U.S. Bank, announced a $1,000 bonus for nearly 60,000 employees. The bank also plans to increase its minimum wage for all hourly employees to $15 per hour, make “enhancements” to its employees’ health-care options, make an “additional investment in strategic projects centered on the customer experience” and make a one-time $150 million contribution to the U.S. Bank Foundation, the bank’s charitable arm.
- Kansas City Southern, the Missouri-based transportation holding company with railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico and Panama, said it would immediately give a one-time $1,000 bonus to non-executive employees of its subsidiaries in the U.S. and Mexico.
- U.S. Bank of America employees making up to $150,000 per year in total compensation – about 145,000 teammates – will receive a one-time bonus of $1,000.
- PNC Financial Services will give $1,000 bonus to about 47,500 workers.
- New Braunfels-based Rush Enterprises of Texas is giving each of its 6,600 employees a $1,000 bonus – a total of $6.6 million. Chief Financial Officer Steven Keller said: “You’ve got a choice – we could’ve kept it and stuffed it in the company bank account or coffers, or we can share it with the people.”
- Associated Bank in Wisconsin boosted its minimum hourly wage to $15 and paying workers a $500 bonus.
- Idaho health-care and home-products company Melaleuca Inc. is providing its 2,000 employees $100 bonuses for every year they worked for the company. The company has 147 employees who have worked for the company for 20 years or more.
- In Hawaii, Royal Hawaiian Heritage Jewelry plans to open up three more shops – in Honolulu, in Kauai and Maui in addition to its existing three shops.
- Washington Federal in Seattle will increase wages for most of its workers by 5 percent and is adding 25 people to its information-technology staff.
- Aquesta Financial Holdings in Cornelius, N.C., will raise hourly pay to $15 and will be giving $1,000 bonuses to all of it workers.
- Canary LLC announced it will hire new employees and purchase more equipment.
- First Hawaiian Bank said it will give out $1,500 cash bonuses to 2,264 employees, or all but 11 members of its senior management team. The state’s largest bank also will increase its minimum wage to $15 an hour from $12.75 an hour for 613 employees.
- Bank of Hawaii, the state’s second-largest bank, said it will give out $1,000 cash bonuses to 2,074 employees, or 95 percent of its workforce. The bonuses affect all employees below the senior vice president level. The bank also will increase its minimum wage to $15 an hour from $12 an hour.
- American Savings Bank, the third-largest bank in Hawaii, said it will award $1,000 bonuses to nearly all of its employees. In addition, the bank said it was increasing its starting wage to $15.25 an hour from $12.21 an hour.
- AT&T expanding its bonus program to an additional 200,000 staffers getting $1,000 apiece.
- Boeing gift of $300 million in investment in its employee-related charitable program “to support our heroes, our homes and our future.”
- Wells Fargo raises minimum wage to $15.
- Fifth Third raises minimum wage to $15 and offering bonuses of $1,000 to 13,000 employees.
- Comcast NBC Universal anted up $1,000 bonuses to more than 100,000 non-executive employees.
- AAON is giving $1,000 bonus checks to 2,000 employees. CEO Norman Asbiornson said it was a result of the new tax law and a “direct recognition” of his employees’ importance.
- AccuWeather distributed year-end bonuses to about 500 employees.
- Aflac is increasing its 401(k) match from 50 percent to 100 percent on the first 4 percent of compensation plus one-time $500 contribution to every employee’s 401(k). It also plans $250 million increase in U.S. investment.
- American Airlines confirmed $1,000 bonuses for every employee except officers. There are nearly 128,000 employees.
- Americacollect announced $300-$500 bonuses for 250 employees.
- Bank of the Ozarks announced bonuses of up to $1,200 for 2,300 workers.
- BB&T planned $1,200 bonuses for 27,000 employees and a boost in the base wage from $12 to $15 per hour. Charitable donations of $100 million also are being planned.
- Central Pacific Bank said each of its 850 employees will get $1,000 bonuses, and its wage will rise from $12 to $15.25.
- Citizens Financial Group is posting $1,000 bonuses for 12,500 employees and scheduling donations of $10 million to charities.
- Comerica Bank is raising wages to $15 per hour and giving bonuses of $1,000 to 4,500 non-officer employees.
- Commerce Bank is granting $1,000 bonuses for fulltime workers, $250 for part-timers, to a total of 3,450. Donations to charities also will reach $25 million.
- Community Trust Bancorp has $1,000 bonuses for full time employees and $500 for those who are part-time.
- Copperleaf Assisted Living has bonuses of $200-$600 for 175 employees.
- Dayton T. Brown Inc. is delivering $400 bonuses for each of the 210 employees
- Delaware Supermarkets Inc. announced $150 extra bonuses to 1,000 non-management personnel.
- Express Employment Professionals revealed bonuses of $2,000 to more than 200 non-executive employees
- Four thousand workers at First Horizon National Corp. are getting $1,000 bonuses.
- Gate City Bank gave $1,000 bonuses to 538 non-management personnel and announced $500,000 in additional charitable giving.
- INB Bank is giving $500 bonuses to 200 employees, and raising base wages to $15.
- National Bank Holdings Corporation has $1,000 bonuses for employees making up to $50,000.Nationwide Insurance is giving 29,000 workers $1,000 bonuses.
- Most of the 6,700 workers for Navient are getting a $1,000 bonus.
- Nelnet announced $1,000 bonuses for 4,100 employees.
- OceanFirst Financial Corp. – base wage increase to $15 per hour
- Ohnward Bancshares handed out $1,000 bonuses for all 260 employees.
- Pinnacle Bank had $1,000 bonuses for 1,007 employees.
- PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. gave 47,500 workers $1,000 bonuses, and there were extra contributions to pensions accounts.
- Sinclair Broadcast Group gave $1,000 bonuses to 9,000 employees.
- Southwest Airlines gave $1,000 bonuses to 55,000 employees, provided $5 million additional charitable donations.
- TCF Financial Corporation had $1,000 bonuses for full time employees.
- The Flood Insurance Agency had $1,000 bonuses for 17 full time employees.
- Territorial Savings Bank had $1,000 bonuses to 247 employees.
- Turning Point Brands, Inc. had $1,000 bonuses for 107 employees.
- Unity Bank – all 200 non-executive employees will receive a $750 bonus.
#liberaljustice
The world's largest coffee chain is adding new perks for its employees in the wake of the U.S. tax cuts, announcing a wage increase and one-time bonus in the form of a stock grant, just as dozens of companies have done in recent weeks. Starbucks also announced Wednesday that it would add six weeks of paid parental leave for its hourly employees who become new dads, a benefit that had only previously been offered to new mothers and adoptive or foster parents. The company also said it would spend $120 million on giving workers a wage increase in April and $100 million on making a stock grant to workers. Starbucks will announce its quarterly earnings on Thursday.
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Schultz, who stepped down as Starbucks CEO this year, said corporate America "does not need" the proposed corporate tax cut from 35% to 20%. (The December law ultimately lowered the top rate to 21 percent.)"The tax cut proposal is not going to create a more leveled playing field and a more compassionate society," he said.
Of course, Schultz, a Democrat who backed Hillary Clinton in 2016, could merely be positioning himself for a long-rumored run for president.
Of course, Schultz, a Democrat who backed Hillary Clinton in 2016, could merely be positioning himself for a long-rumored run for president.
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01-28-2018, 05:30 PM
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#foxlies
I'm pretty sure yellow journalism was outlawed in the US.
I'm pretty sure yellow journalism was outlawed in the US.
BREAKING NEWS: ANOTHER MEDIA STORY FALLS APART
by Kevin Ryan
Remember that “bombshell” New York Times story this week that President Trump ordered the firing of Special Counsel Robert Mueller last June, but backed down after White House counsel Donald McGahn threatened to resign rather than carry out the directive?
Well, now CBS is reporting that that’s not how it happened.
• It turns out, Trump did not order Mueller to be fired, but instead only remarked that he favored it. And those present say it was not a serious consideration, and discussion of firing the special counsel quickly died down. Also, the fact that Mueller was not fired had nothing to do with McGahn.
• McGahn did did not threaten to resign directly to the President, but instead simply discussed it with then-chief of staff Reince Priebus and then-chief strategist Steve Bannon.
• And McGahn did not threaten to resign because of Trump discussing the firing of Mueller, but instead because McGahn felt an accumulation of stresses and frustrations with the president.
This marks the latest in a series of news stories reported by the main stream media that haven’t held up under further examination, leading to a decline in Americans’ trust in thr news media.
by Kevin Ryan
Remember that “bombshell” New York Times story this week that President Trump ordered the firing of Special Counsel Robert Mueller last June, but backed down after White House counsel Donald McGahn threatened to resign rather than carry out the directive?
Well, now CBS is reporting that that’s not how it happened.
• It turns out, Trump did not order Mueller to be fired, but instead only remarked that he favored it. And those present say it was not a serious consideration, and discussion of firing the special counsel quickly died down. Also, the fact that Mueller was not fired had nothing to do with McGahn.
• McGahn did did not threaten to resign directly to the President, but instead simply discussed it with then-chief of staff Reince Priebus and then-chief strategist Steve Bannon.
• And McGahn did not threaten to resign because of Trump discussing the firing of Mueller, but instead because McGahn felt an accumulation of stresses and frustrations with the president.
This marks the latest in a series of news stories reported by the main stream media that haven’t held up under further examination, leading to a decline in Americans’ trust in thr news media.
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01-28-2018, 08:56 PM
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Fair enough. Although the standards for libel against an elected official are rather higher than against a private citizen, especially when criticizing the performance of the job.
Damn courts...
Damn courts...
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01-28-2018, 10:04 PM
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Serious question: I'm watching the Grammys...is this the first time women have been allowed to do things or something?
By the way they are acting in between acts of scantily clad women gyrating on men, you'd act like this is the first year a woman was allowed by men to sing a song.
By the way they are acting in between acts of scantily clad women gyrating on men, you'd act like this is the first year a woman was allowed by men to sing a song.
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01-29-2018, 11:36 AM
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god bless CA. #changestartsatthebottom #warondrugusers
California may introduce a bill that will see waiters facing up to six months imprisonment and a $1000 fine for offering plastic straws to customers.
The ingenious bill, proposed for environmentalist reasons, has been introduced by the California Assembly’s Democratic majority leader Ian Calderon, who said in a press release on January 18:
“We need to create awareness around the issue of one-time use plastic straws and its detrimental effects on our landfills, waterways, and oceans. AB 1884 is not ban on plastic straws. It is a small step towards curbing our reliance on these convenience products, which will hopefully contribute to a change in consumer attitudes and usage.”
The press release then goes on to say that “plastic is a material that lasts forever, yet 33 percent of all plastics are used just once and thrown away. Only 9% of all plastics are recycled, but due to their small size and lack of a resin code, no straws are ever recycled.”
The bill states that it “would prohibit a food facility, as specified, where food may be consumed on the premises from providing single-use plastic straws to consumers unless requested by the consumer.”
Preventing the usage of plastic straws isn’t a new idea in California. Sit-down restaurants in the cities of Davis and San Luis Obispo have straw restriction laws in place already, with customers having to specifically request a straw with their drink instead of automatically receiving one.
We can all do our bit to save the planet. Some recycle, others put waiters in prison. Never change California, never change.
The ingenious bill, proposed for environmentalist reasons, has been introduced by the California Assembly’s Democratic majority leader Ian Calderon, who said in a press release on January 18:
“We need to create awareness around the issue of one-time use plastic straws and its detrimental effects on our landfills, waterways, and oceans. AB 1884 is not ban on plastic straws. It is a small step towards curbing our reliance on these convenience products, which will hopefully contribute to a change in consumer attitudes and usage.”
The press release then goes on to say that “plastic is a material that lasts forever, yet 33 percent of all plastics are used just once and thrown away. Only 9% of all plastics are recycled, but due to their small size and lack of a resin code, no straws are ever recycled.”
The bill states that it “would prohibit a food facility, as specified, where food may be consumed on the premises from providing single-use plastic straws to consumers unless requested by the consumer.”
Preventing the usage of plastic straws isn’t a new idea in California. Sit-down restaurants in the cities of Davis and San Luis Obispo have straw restriction laws in place already, with customers having to specifically request a straw with their drink instead of automatically receiving one.
We can all do our bit to save the planet. Some recycle, others put waiters in prison. Never change California, never change.
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01-29-2018, 03:18 PM
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#releasethememo #drainhilarysswamp
Before he read the memo, FBI Director Wray threatened to resign if Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was fired.
Yesterday, Wray read the House Intel Committee's memo.
Today, Wray removed McCabe.
Before he read the memo, FBI Director Wray threatened to resign if Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was fired.
Yesterday, Wray read the House Intel Committee's memo.
Today, Wray removed McCabe.
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01-29-2018, 06:03 PM
I no longer identify with any group. Every one of them turns up insanity to 11 at some point. So I dont have a problem shaming anyone.
She is funny though. Still rather drag my dick through 5 miles of broken whiskey bottles than....well, you know. But that's mostly because of her attitude.
She is funny though. Still rather drag my dick through 5 miles of broken whiskey bottles than....well, you know. But that's mostly because of her attitude.
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01-29-2018, 07:34 PM
Ehh, I think that anyone who has to deal with the liberal media day everyday, and on adversarial terms no less, might end up looking pretty much the same.
... or perhaps her gruff appearance is intentional, with the hopes being it will scare off (or melt) all the little snowflakes.
... or perhaps her gruff appearance is intentional, with the hopes being it will scare off (or melt) all the little snowflakes.
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